Abstract: Facilitated Team Techniques (FTT) consist of a series of highly structured group meetings designed to extract high-quality business information system specifications from end users within a compressed time frame. This paper discusses: the advantage of FTT over traditional data gathering methods such as interviews; some key features of FTT; reported benefits of FTT; and conditions under which FTT are appropriate.

Keywords: Systems analysis, Requirements definition, Participative systems

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Recommended Citation: Lockwood, D. L. (1989). Using Facilitated Team Techniques to Define Information System Requirements. Journal of Information Systems Education, 2(1), 23-29.